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"It seems like the flagging mechanism is far too powerful- just a few reports and the entry gets shunted back seven pages" What makes you think it was just a f
by MichaelApproved 15y ago
"It seems like the flagging mechanism is far too powerful- just a few reports and the entry gets shunted back seven pages"
What makes you think it was just a few and not much more? Is it speculation or have you seen the code that handles flagging?
- untog 15y agoIt's incredibly difficult to make any kind of meaningful analysis, you're right. Perhaps I was giving the HN community too much credit by suggesting that only a minority would be misusing the flag button.
- DanBC 15y agoWhy do you assume misuse of the flag button? There was more than one thread dedicated to Geeklist. There really wasn't any need for more.